Things to do in Thanet and beyond
Incoming: The Orb, Jodie Harsh, Kermode & Mayo
Upcoming events to get in your diary, including live music, comedy, banned books, a crabby birthday party and more
Interviews
Ramsgate Festival of Sound’s impact resonates around the town
Ramsgate Festival of Sound invites visitors to explore the town through sound, celebrate local talent and discover new ways of engaging with what surrounds them
Interviews
Margate band Big Woes on the town’s “personal and human” music scene
“Softcore punk band” Big Woes on a new compilation A Margate Sampler, the “amazing” energy of its launch shows, and feeling part of a musical community
Interviews
Ziah Ziah's artistic growth through creative freedom
TKE Studios performance art fellow Keziah Stilwell on creative exploration and shifting artistic gears.
Interviews
Smugglers Festival’s journey to become a magical and mysterious summer highlight
With most of its stages hidden in woodland, Kent’s Smugglers Festival is an “inspiring and magical” experience, says programmer Stewart Hughes
Interviews
Pie Factory Music’s fight to save the building it calls home
As youth service Pie Factory Music fights funding cuts and plans to sell its Ramsgate HQ, CEO Zoë Carassik explains why “young people deserve better”
Interviews
Thanet’s independent music venues “hanging in there” as others shut their doors
Ramsgate Music Hall’s André Dack and Sammy Clarke of Margate’s Where Else on the existential threat facing hundreds of independent music venues in the UK
Interviews
Los Bitchos: ‘Every part is crucial. It's like an orchestra’
Ahead of their upcoming show at Margate Lido, instrumental band Los Bitchos discuss the development of their sound on new album Talkie Talkie
Things to do in Ramsgate
This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete: ‘I can’t stand touchscreens. I think the old stuff's more exciting’
Ever had the urge to push a mystery button? Strange Tourist visits This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete, where visitors are invited to do just that. Visitors are encouraged to make music and sound with old tech (whether it was designed to or not) and in the process learn about how it works
Things to do in Margate
Mike Lindsay: 'I want to explore with no real rules'
Tunng’s Mike Lindsay will release his new solo album Supershapes Volume 1 later this month. Strange Tourist speaks to him about the album’s celebration of “the majestic in the domestic,” the influence of the sea on his work, and making cucumber salad live on stage
Things to do in Margate
Dana Gavanski: ‘I wanted to make a more performative album’
Singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski speaks to Strange Tourist about celebrating strangeness, recording in Margate and her ‘Duds’, ahead of her Ramsgate Music Hall gig